I'm 21 currently living with my mother and brother but only for a few more months. I'm expecting my baby girl in about 6 weeks from now and the father and I have decided that she will be staying with him instead of me. My reasons:

-My brother brings random people in the house at late hours (past 12) and typically they are men.

-My brother can be very controlling and verbally abusive towards our mother and she has no back bone. They argue every day at every hour and I'd rather not have my child around someone so vulgar and mean.

- My mother has made some sick comments towards my unborn child when I let my partner use my car. He unfortunately lost his vehicle and it gets difficult to drive and I wanted to make sure he is able to get to and from work and she went on a rampage that lasted a week. She disrespected my child and belittled her name. Calling her a product of abuse, she hates her, she doesn't want to be the grandmother of a child born from abuse blah blah blah. Mind you he's the most lovable guy a person can meet :/..She's never really liked him.

- The house cannot stay clean despite my efforts of cleaning every day. Trash and food everywhere. My mother is a non believer in trash cans and will let trash pile on the table.

- Obvious favoritism.

I can go on...

I feel my reasons are justified. I want to keep my child safe and I would like her to be in a more comfortable setting even if she can't be with me. She will stay with him at night and I will come get her in the morning and then take her back later on in the evening.

Can social service really take my child if I have her stay with the father after she's born?

I was going to be living with him until we moved but hie currently stays with his aunt and she took in a family member who is the last stages of cancer along with her daughter. I am unsure if there is room for me but I know there's room for her.